IFCO Opens State-of-the-art Sanitation Facility in Fresno, California

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Leading global RPC Provider Responds to Growing Demand with Sixth North American Facility

TAMPA, FL November 6, 2014 - IFCO SYSTEMS today opened its sixth reusable plastic container (RPC) Service Center in Fresno, California. The 200,000 square foot facility is equipped to wash, sanitize, and dry more than 95,000 RPCs per day, and ship and receive approximately 120 truckloads of RPCs for IFCO's grocery retail partners and grower shipper customers weekly. IFCO's Fresno service center currently has more than 80 employees and is designed to allow expansion as for IFCO RPCs continues to grow.

“We are pleased to open our most advanced facility to date in Fresno, complete with the latest food safety systems and sustainable operations. Our growth during the past few years has demanded the expansion of our service center network so our grower and retailer partners have all the safe and clean RPCs they need to serve their customers," said Dan Walsh, President of IFCO North America.

The new facility is IFCO's sixth U.S. service center, extending the company's network in North America in support of the continued expansion of RPC use by leading grocery retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada. IFCO's other service centers are located in San Antonio, TX; Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Atlanta; Portland, OR and Chicago.

IFCO owns and operates 49 service centers in 19 countries. All IFCO service centers adhere to the company's strict global standards for processes and equipment, including the industry's highest food safety and quality assurance protocols, and employ a variety of measures to reduce environmental impact. For more information and a video tour of IFCO's RPC service centers and wash process, please visit www.rpcresource.com.